August 01-04
Vierumäki Resort, Vierumäki, Finland
€200,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3
José-Filipe Lima carded a spectacular final round of six under par 66 to secure his first win of the season at the Vierumäki Finnish Challenge.
The Portuguese player, who has not won on the European Challenge Tour in over three years, started the day five strokes back of leader Rikard Karlberg, but covered his opening nine holes in 31 shots to put himself in the mix for his fifth European Challenge Tour title.
Amongst a packed leaderboard, Lima played steady golf down the stretch and birdied his 72nd hole to take the lead for the first time all week—setting the clubhouse target on 14 under par.
''I was not expecting that!''
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) August 4, 2019
The 2019 Vierumäki Finnish Challenge champion speaks after clinching his fifth Challenge Tour title 🏆 pic.twitter.com/voP9N29Hpf
The 37-year-old ultimately finished one shot clear of South African Bryce Easton, who narrowly missed a 40-foot birdie putt on the final hole to force a play-off.
‘’I was not expecting that,’’ Lima said. ‘’I knew I was playing well, but I didn’t think too much about the lead until the final hole.
“To shoot 66 on a course like this is always a good score, and I thought that if I could make a birdie on the final hole then perhaps, I had a chance to have a good week.
‘’I hit two big shots down 18. To be honest I didn’t know it was possible to reach that green in two.
“This win is going to give me some confidence heading into the rest of the year after what has been quite a difficult start to the season. First though, I’m going to enjoy the moment.’’
José-Filipe Lima captured his fifth Challenge Tour title at the #FinnishChallenge
— Challenge Tour (@Challenge_Tour) August 4, 2019
Watch how the action unfolded on the final day at Vierumäki Golf 🇫🇮
⬇️ HIGHLIGHTS ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/u7lbfLM39W
The win continues a return to form for Lima, who kick-started his season with a tied-second place finish at the Euram Bank Open in Austria two weeks ago.
Victory in Finland also moves the former European Tour winner to eighth on the Challenge Tour Rankings, as he now puts one of the fifteen European Tour cards available at the end of the season in his sights.
Local star Roope Kakko, who was paired in the last grouping for the final round, drew sizable crowd support as he battled to finish in third place alongside Frenchman Joël Stalter and Euram Bank Open winner Calum Hill.
Lima, and the Challenge Tour, will now head to the Made in Denmark Challenge - Presented by FREJA, which will represent a departure from the norm, as it begins on a Wednesday, running from August 7-10.
Pos. |
Player | Nat |
To Par |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
Prize Money |
1 |
LIMA José-Filipe | POR |
-14 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
66 |
274 |
€ 32,000 |
2 |
EASTON Bryce | RSA |
-13 |
66 |
72 |
66 |
71 |
275 |
€ 22,000 |
3 |
HILL Calum | SCO |
-12 |
69 |
71 |
66 |
70 |
276 |
€ 12,000 |
3 |
KAKKO Roope | FIN |
-12 |
71 |
68 |
66 |
71 |
276 |
€ 12,000 |
3 |
STALTER Joël | FRA |
-12 |
69 |
67 |
71 |
69 |
276 |
€ 12,000 |
6 |
BALDWIN Matthew | ENG |
-11 |
68 |
71 |
68 |
70 |
277 |
€ 5,840 |
6 |
BERARDO Clément | FRA |
-11 |
67 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
277 |
€ 5,840 |
6 |
BRAEUNIG Christian | GER |
-11 |
70 |
70 |
67 |
70 |
277 |
€ 5,840 |
6 |
KARLBERG Rikard | SWE |
-11 |
66 |
69 |
68 |
74 |
277 |
€ 5,840 |
6 |
SHARVIN Cormac | NIR |
-11 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
67 |
277 |
€ 5,840 |
11 |
DAWSON Robin | IRL |
-10 |
70 |
72 |
66 |
70 |
278 |
€ 3,600 |
11 |
LINDELL Oliver | FIN |
-10 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
278 |
€ 3,600 |
11 |
MACCARIO Federico | ITA |
-10 |
69 |
71 |
68 |
70 |
278 |
€ 3,600 |
11 |
MOYNIHAN Gavin | IRL |
-10 |
68 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
278 |
€ 3,600 |
11 |
SENIOR Jack | ENG |
-10 |
69 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
278 |
€ 3,600 |
16 |
BLAND Richard | ENG |
-9 |
69 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
279 |
€ 2,437 |
16 |
FOOS Dominic | GER |
-9 |
67 |
72 |
70 |
70 |
279 |
€ 2,437 |
16 |
HUIZING Daan | NED |
-9 |
70 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
279 |
€ 2,437 |
16 |
LANDO CASANOVA Jérôme | FRA |
-9 |
69 |
69 |
72 |
69 |
279 |
€ 2,437 |
16 |
ROZNER Antoine | FRA |
-9 |
68 |
71 |
70 |
70 |
279 |
€ 2,437 |
16 |
SCHMITT Max | GER |
-9 |
74 |
66 |
71 |
68 |
279 |
€ 2,437 |
16 |
YOUNG Mark | ENG |
-9 |
71 |
65 |
69 |
74 |
279 |
€ 2,437 |
23 |
SANTOS Ricardo | POR |
-8 |
71 |
67 |
68 |
74 |
280 |
€ 1,900 |
23 |
VAN DRIEL Darius | NED |
-8 |
63 |
73 |
73 |
71 |
280 |
€ 1,900 |
25 |
GLENNEMO Jacob | SWE |
-7 |
71 |
69 |
69 |
72 |
281 |
€ 1,800 |
25 |
HØJGAARD Rasmus | DEN |
-7 |
70 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
281 |
€ 1,800 |
25 |
PORTEOUS Garrick | ENG |
-7 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
69 |
281 |
€ 1,800 |
28 |
ITEN Marco | SUI |
-6 |
70 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
282 |
€ 1,700 |
28 |
LENGDEN Oscar | SWE |
-6 |
68 |
68 |
74 |
72 |
282 |
€ 1,700 |
30 |
ABBOTT Jamie | ENG |
-5 |
68 |
70 |
72 |
73 |
283 |
€ 1,540 |
30 |
BLOMSTRAND Christofer | SWE |
-5 |
67 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
283 |
€ 1,540 |
30 |
HAVRET Grégory | FRA |
-5 |
70 |
68 |
74 |
71 |
283 |
€ 1,540 |
30 |
LAPORTA Francesco | ITA |
-5 |
74 |
68 |
72 |
69 |
283 |
€ 1,540 |
30 |
MURRAY Tom | ENG |
-5 |
73 |
69 |
75 |
66 |
283 |
€ 1,540 |
30 |
ROUSSEL Robin | FRA |
-5 |
72 |
65 |
76 |
70 |
283 |
€ 1,540 |
36 |
ANGLES Pep | ESP |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
70 |
73 |
284 |
€ 1,320 |
36 |
DE SOUSA Raphaël | SUI |
-4 |
70 |
71 |
69 |
74 |
284 |
€ 1,320 |
36 |
GIRRBACH Joel | SUI |
-4 |
68 |
70 |
74 |
72 |
284 |
€ 1,320 |
36 |
MATUS Stanislav | CZE |
-4 |
71 |
69 |
70 |
74 |
284 |
€ 1,320 |
36 |
SNECK Kalle | FIN |
-4 |
74 |
68 |
73 |
69 |
284 |
€ 1,320 |
41 |
COCKERILL Aaron | CAN |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
75 |
69 |
285 |
€ 1,100 |
41 |
HIDALGO Angel | ESP |
-3 |
73 |
68 |
70 |
74 |
285 |
€ 1,100 |
41 |
JORDAN Matthew | ENG |
-3 |
70 |
68 |
73 |
74 |
285 |
€ 1,100 |
41 |
MCCARTHY Nick | ENG |
-3 |
70 |
71 |
76 |
68 |
285 |
€ 1,100 |
41 |
SCIOT-SIEGRIST Robin | FRA |
-3 |
68 |
69 |
72 |
76 |
285 |
€ 1,100 |
41 |
TINNING Nicolai | DEN |
-3 |
68 |
69 |
75 |
73 |
285 |
€ 1,100 |
47 |
BENSON Seve | ENG |
-2 |
73 |
68 |
72 |
73 |
286 |
€ 863 |
47 |
DUBOIS Edouard | FRA |
-2 |
67 |
71 |
76 |
72 |
286 |
€ 863 |
47 |
HAASTRUP Mark Flindt | DEN |
-2 |
68 |
68 |
77 |
73 |
286 |
€ 863 |
47 |
JOANNES Hugues | BEL |
-2 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
74 |
286 |
€ 863 |
47 |
JOHANSEN Eirik Tage | NOR |
-2 |
67 |
74 |
74 |
71 |
286 |
€ 863 |
47 |
TILEY Steven | ENG |
-2 |
69 |
72 |
71 |
74 |
286 |
€ 863 |
53 |
GALIANO AGUILAR Mario | ESP |
-1 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
74 |
287 |
€ 720 |
53 |
MADDY Paul | ENG |
-1 |
70 |
70 |
74 |
73 |
287 |
€ 720 |
53 |
NEMECZ Lukas | AUT |
-1 |
68 |
74 |
73 |
72 |
287 |
€ 720 |
53 |
SCALISE Lorenzo | ITA |
-1 |
72 |
69 |
70 |
76 |
287 |
€ 720 |
53 |
SIMONSEN Martin | DEN |
-1 |
69 |
73 |
74 |
71 |
287 |
€ 720 |
58 |
GARCIA-HEREDIA Alfredo | ESP |
0 |
73 |
68 |
74 |
73 |
288 |
€ 650 |
58 |
SALMINEN Mikael | FIN |
0 |
68 |
74 |
70 |
76 |
288 |
€ 650 |
60 |
JENSEN Lasse | DEN |
1 |
71 |
69 |
72 |
77 |
289 |
€ 620 |
61 |
RUSCH Benjamin | SUI |
2 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
76 |
290 |
€ 600 |
62 |
FERGUSON Ewen | SCO |
3 |
71 |
69 |
77 |
74 |
291 |
€ 580 |
63 |
STEWART Duncan | SCO |
7 |
73 |
68 |
81 |
73 |
295 |
€ 560 |
64 |
ECKHARDT Albert | FIN |
9 |
74 |
68 |
78 |
77 |
297 |
€ 540 |
65 |
GRANBERG Joonas | FIN |
10 |
72 |
70 |
78 |
78 |
298 |
€ 510 |
65 |
PETROZZI Gian-Marco | ENG |
10 |
68 |
73 |
82 |
75 |
298 |
€ 510 |
67 |
FORD Matt | ENG |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
67 |
GREHAN Stuart | IRL |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
67 |
HENRY Scott | SCO |
-1 |
75 |
68 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
67 |
PIGEM Carlos | ESP |
-1 |
73 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
67 |
QUESNE Julien | FRA |
-1 |
69 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
67 |
VON DELLINGSHAUSEN Nicolai | GER |
-1 |
71 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
67 |
WIEGELE Martin | AUT |
-1 |
74 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
143 |
€ 0 |
74 |
BERGAMASCHI Filippo | ITA |
0 |
75 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
BOOTE David | WAL |
0 |
75 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
CHO Rak hyun | KOR |
0 |
73 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
EDBERG Pelle | SWE |
0 |
72 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
ENOCH Rhys | WAL |
0 |
73 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
FORSSTRÖM Simon | SWE |
0 |
76 |
68 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
GARCIA RODRIGUEZ Sebastian | ESP |
0 |
72 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
PERRIER Damien | FRA |
0 |
73 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
SAXTON Reinier | NED |
0 |
71 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
74 |
THOMSON Jonathan | ENG |
0 |
74 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
144 |
€ 0 |
84 |
ARMITAGE Marcus | ENG |
1 |
75 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
COUSSAUD Ugo | FRA |
1 |
73 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
ECCLES Ben | AUS |
1 |
74 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
ELVIRA Manuel | ESP |
1 |
70 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
EVANS Ryan | ENG |
1 |
70 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
FENASSE Mathieu | FRA |
1 |
77 |
68 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
GASPAR Miguel | POR |
1 |
72 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
LIPPARELLI Edoardo Raffaele | ITA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
PIAGET Sandro | MON |
1 |
71 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
RIU Victor | FRA |
1 |
72 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
84 |
TARRIO BEN Santiago | ESP |
1 |
69 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
145 |
€ 0 |
95 |
AHOKAS Antti | FIN |
2 |
73 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
CANTERO GUTIERREZ Ivan | ESP |
2 |
66 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
CUARTERO BLANCO Emilio | ESP |
2 |
72 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
GROS Sébastien | FRA |
2 |
77 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
HANSON Chris | ENG |
2 |
73 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
LINARD Thomas | FRA |
2 |
71 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
MYLLYMAKI Aleksi | FIN |
2 |
74 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
RUUSKA Lauri | FIN |
2 |
74 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
SCHNEIDER Marcel | GER |
2 |
73 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
SCHWARTZ Antoine | FRA |
2 |
73 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
95 |
SJÖHOLM Joel | SWE |
2 |
73 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
146 |
€ 0 |
106 |
BAEK Peter Launer | DEN |
3 |
76 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
BESSELING Wil | NED |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
COOPER Joe | USA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
DEAN Joe | ENG |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
EGGENBERGER Mathias | SUI |
3 |
74 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
ERKENBECK James | USA |
3 |
72 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
GAVINS Daniel | ENG |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
GLOET Christian | DEN |
3 |
76 |
71 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
HULDAHL Jeppe Pape | DEN |
3 |
74 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
KOEPKA Chase | USA |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
NEIL Bradley | SCO |
3 |
75 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
VIRTO Borja | ESP |
3 |
70 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
106 |
ZUNIC Jordan | AUS |
3 |
73 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
147 |
€ 0 |
119 |
BERNA MANZANARES Daniel | ESP |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
119 |
BOURDY Grégory | FRA |
4 |
76 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
119 |
COUPLAND Dave | ENG |
4 |
78 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
119 |
GAGNE Luis | CRC |
4 |
73 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
119 |
MEJOW Philipp | GER |
4 |
75 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
119 |
SAULO (AM) Ilari | FIN |
4 |
74 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
148 |
€ 0 |
125 |
DEL VAL Samuel | ESP |
5 |
75 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
EROFEJEFF Peter | FIN |
5 |
75 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
FERNANDEZ Scott | ESP |
5 |
72 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
KIM Minkyu | KOR |
5 |
74 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
NIENABER Wilco | RSA |
5 |
74 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
ORRIN Max | ENG |
5 |
76 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
POKE Benjamin | DEN |
5 |
76 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
ROSS Craig | SCO |
5 |
75 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
125 |
VAN DOREN Yente | BEL |
5 |
75 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
149 |
€ 0 |
134 |
BESSA Tomás | POR |
6 |
75 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
134 |
GEYGER Nico | CHI |
6 |
75 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
134 |
GREGORY Scott | ENG |
6 |
75 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
134 |
HIETALA (AM) Alex | FIN |
6 |
73 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
134 |
KARLSSON (AM) Rasmus | FIN |
6 |
73 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
134 |
NILEHN Fredrik | SWE |
6 |
76 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
134 |
VALASEK Peter | SVK |
6 |
74 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
134 |
VALIMAKI Sami | FIN |
6 |
77 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
150 |
€ 0 |
142 |
GAL Petr | CZE |
7 |
81 |
70 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
142 |
Hundebøll JØRGENSEN Oliver | DEN |
7 |
74 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
142 |
LANGFORS Per | SWE |
7 |
79 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
142 |
McGOWAN Ross | ENG |
7 |
77 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
142 |
YAMAC (AM) Taner | TUR |
7 |
78 |
73 |
0 |
0 |
151 |
€ 0 |
147 |
FORD Charlie | ENG |
8 |
77 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
147 |
GALLIANO Luca | SUI |
8 |
78 |
74 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
147 |
WITTMANN Sebastian | AUT |
8 |
83 |
69 |
0 |
0 |
152 |
€ 0 |
150 |
JONASSON Erik | SWE |
9 |
76 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
153 |
€ 0 |
151 |
JUSSLIN Toffe | FIN |
11 |
78 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
155 |
€ 0 |
152 |
LEITMANNSTETTER Aaron | GER |
12 |
80 |
76 |
0 |
0 |
156 |
€ 0 |
153 |
CELIK (AM) Berk | TUR |
17 |
77 |
84 |
0 |
0 |
161 |
€ 0 |
154 |
KAPLAN (AM) Orkunhan | TUR |
18 |
79 |
83 |
0 |
0 |
162 |
€ 0 |
155 |
MURRAY Michael | USA |
21 |
85 |
80 |
0 |
0 |
165 |
€ 0 |
156 |
PEACOCK Daniel | NIR |
0 |
79 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
79 |
€ 0 |